19-NOV-2007 ERIH -- DRIVER ERIH & Large scale content networks Perspectives from DRIVER Wolfram Horstmann

19-NOV-2007 ERIH -- DRIVER ERIH Questions „Can ERIH be a useful addition to existing tools?“ „Can European level initiatives on repositories be brought to ERIH thinking?“

19-NOV-2007 ERIH -- DRIVER „Can ERIH be a useful addition…?“ Yes! –From a general perspective Guidance through research results needed Subject-based aggregation management proved successful Assessment efforts in Humanities widely missing

19-NOV-2007 ERIH -- DRIVER Repositories & ERIH For open repositories in general –For journal publications in the humanities the OA- principle of Repositories applies perfectly –Open Journals should be in Rep. –For monographs, eBoooks might offer an alternative –All other kinds of databases (national, ISI?) For institutional repositories –Same as above: It‘s a strategic decision …

19-NOV-2007 ERIH -- DRIVER ERIH Requirements ERIH requirements –Humanities Resources –Large Scale Effort –Assessment tool –Further Publication Formats –Backbone for European Portal

19-NOV-2007 ERIH -- DRIVER DRIVER Generic Vision –Digital repository infrastructure, multi-purpose, for any type of content, in any discipline … DRIVER-I –Institutional Repositories throughout Europe –Focus on textual materials DRIVER-II –Subject-based repositories, complex objects

19-NOV-2007 ERIH -- DRIVER Infrastructural Tools

19-NOV-2007 ERIH -- DRIVER Plugging in Content Sources

19-NOV-2007 ERIH -- DRIVER Managing Aggregation

19-NOV-2007 ERIH -- DRIVER Software Infrastructure

19-NOV-2007 ERIH -- DRIVER „Human“ portal for access

19-NOV-2007 ERIH -- DRIVER ERIH requirements & DRIVER 1/2 Large Scale Effort … –DRIVER is meant as an infrastructure for large scale initiatives such as ERIH If ERIH was based on repositories … –… direct access to resources for researchers –… machine access to resources (e.g. usage / citation) Backbone for European Portal … –… most important information management is already there –… individual portals can easily be prepared Humanities Resources … –… could be managed through „community managers“

19-NOV-2007 ERIH -- DRIVER ERIH requirements & DRIVER 2/2 Assessment tools … –… could be linked to repository infrastructure –… can be plugged in as additional services Further Publication Formats … –… monographs are already manageable –… other will be topic of DRIVER-II

19-NOV-2007 ERIH -- DRIVER Thanks!